MMFF Ranking 2014: Tolentino announces Top 4 Films, Total Earnings

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines - The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) officially announced today, December 26, 2014 the top 4 movie entries to the 40th year of Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF).<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-omsHhR14WWiCKTmpPtd_099jrI0t7sapAgxIMSCTaUFfCPkHWKUtcQSLtaz6Hx2AOossyniRaiuWS5pKU3dKDqMbfR8R2jt-RfOw29GBtFqejwGlAmKao1RW93O81LWLEY_mwPwhZn6a/s1600/mmff-top-4-films-2014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="MMFF 2014 Top 4" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-omsHhR14WWiCKTmpPtd_099jrI0t7sapAgxIMSCTaUFfCPkHWKUtcQSLtaz6Hx2AOossyniRaiuWS5pKU3dKDqMbfR8R2jt-RfOw29GBtFqejwGlAmKao1RW93O81LWLEY_mwPwhZn6a/s1600/mmff-top-4-films-2014.jpg" title="MMFF 2014 Top 4" /></a></div><br /><br />MMDA Chairman and overall MMFF head Francis Tolentino said that "The Amazing Praybeyt Benjamin,” “Feng Shui 2,” “My Big Bossing” and “Kubot: The Aswang Chronicles 2” are the top 4 films as of Friday.<br /><br />The two-day gross earnings of the eight entries to MMFF is now at P182 million, higher by 12 percent to 13 percent than last year.<br /><br />Tolentino said this year’s opening-day gross was P146 million, compared to P128 million on the first day last year.<br /><br />As of 1 p.m. today, the ticket sales already reached P36 million, which is also higher than the P32 million of last year.<br /><br />Meanwhile, the MMDA chairman refused to reveal the official MMFF ranking of the top 4 films.<br /><br />“Ayaw namin mag-trending kasi. Hayaan muna natin mag-percolate, matapos ang awards night (on Saturday, December 27 at PICC) at i-validate ng moviegoers ang resulta ng awards. Ayaw namin ma-influence ang taste ng moviegoers.”<br /><br />On the other hand, reliable sources said that "The Amazing Praybeyt Benjamin" earned P53-million; "Feng Shui 2" --P31-M; "My Big Bossing" -- P28-million and "Kubot" --P11-millon."<br /><br /><center><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-version="4" style="background: #FFF; border-radius: 3px; border: 0; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: -webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width: 99.375%; width: calc(100% - 2px);"><div style="padding: 8px;"><div style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;"><div style="background: url(data:image/png; display: block; height: 44px; margin: 0 auto -44px; position: relative; top: -22px; width: 44px;"></div></div><div style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a href="https://instagram.com/p/xD8Ej9pFbo/" style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_top">4 TOP GROSSING MOVIES MMFF 2014 (Opening Day, December 25) 1. THE AMAZING PRAYBEYT BENJAMIN - P53 MILLION 2. FENG SHUI - P31 MILLION 3. MY BIG BOSSING - P28 MILLION 4. KUBOT - P11 MILLION</a></div><div style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;">A photo posted by EJS (@ericjohnsalut) on <time datetime="2014-12-26T07:27:58+00:00" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;">Dec 12, 2014 at 11:27pm PST</time></div></div></blockquote><script async="" defer="" src="//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js"></script></center><br />On an Instagram post of ABS-CBN's AdProm Head for Social Media & Publicity Eric John Salut, he said that "Feng Shui 2" has now the highest-opening day gross for any Filipino horror film at P31.4 million and "Praybeyt Benjamin" got the highest-opening gross for any Filipino film at P53.3 million."<br /><br /><center><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-version="4" style="background: #FFF; border-radius: 3px; border: 0; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: -webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width: 99.375%; width: calc(100% - 2px);"><div style="padding: 8px;"><div style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;"><div style="background: url(data:image/png; display: block; height: 44px; margin: 0 auto -44px; position: relative; top: -22px; width: 44px;"></div></div><div style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a href="https://instagram.com/p/xDXwrStlxM/" style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_top">#Repost @montie08 with @repostapp.
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Recordbreaking Christmas! Congrats @aquinokristinabernadette @praybeytbenjamin @mr.rodelnacianceno @iamrichardyap @cathygonzaga @wennderamas @chitorono and the one and only, Bimby Aquino-Yap. Congrats @malousantos03 @starcinema</a></div><div style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;">A photo posted by ericksalud (@ericksalud) on <time datetime="2014-12-26T02:10:41+00:00" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;">Dec 12, 2014 at 6:10pm PST</time></div></div></blockquote><script async="" defer="" src="//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js"></script></center><br />Tolentino expects the ongoing MMFF to gross P1.1- billion, a big leap from last year’s P996-million take at the end of the festival.<br /><br />The other MMFF entries are “Bonifacio: Ang Unang Pangulo”, “English Only Please”, “Shake, Rattle and Roll XV” and “Magnum Muslim .357.” <br /><br />The next official announcements on the MMFF box office earnings will be on Sunday, December 28, Friday, January 2, 2015 and on Sunday, January 4, 2015.<br /><br />The awards night is scheduled tomorrow night, December 27 at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) in Pasay City.<br /><br />Proceeds of the annual holiday festival are being distributed to the Movie Workers Welfare Foundation Inc., Motion Picture and Anti-Film Piracy Council, Film Development Council of the Philippines and the Optical Media Board. </div>

MMFF Ranking 2014: Tolentino announces Top 4 Films, Total Earnings

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